Magic Jack

[oldbuddy]

Thank you for all your answers.  Another question - can it be plugged into the back of a cable modem?  It has to be in a computer?  I have a cable phone line now - that breaks up so I don't see a problem there with that.  Same deal I guess has to do with bandwidth or something probably.

The power going out is another thing I am not worried about.  We only have portable home phones (all the phone jacks except one don't work - had the phone company and cable out multiple times to fix - no luck)  I do have Tracfone for emergancy purposes.  My husband is attached to his Iphone that his company pays the bill on - he never uses the house phone.  So it sounds like a good option for us. 

Thank You again for all your answers.

Terry R

It plugs into your USB port on your computer, not your modem.

[lucky382001]

Never heard of Magic Jack but I will be checking this out after reading about this in this forum.

Thanks for the info. We need all the options we can find to save money.

[angie828]

My brother in law got the magic jack for Christmas last year and he hated it.  He said it did not work at all and ended up returning it.  I have had no experience with it but I trust his advice not to get it.

[kimfusion]

I had the MJ for few months,
it is great when you have relatives in another country,  you can sent it to your relative , they can call you, or any one in USA for free.

I pd $ 29.99 for the MJ, and $ 99.99 dollar for 5 yrs of serv.

I plan send more MJ to more relative in another country..
BUT remember , they had to connect to the internet.

[oldbuddy]

My brother in law got the magic jack for Christmas last year and he hated it.  He said it did not work at all and ended up returning it.  I have had no experience with it but I trust his advice not to get it.

Like anything else in life, there will always be a few whiners that can't figure it out. They have sold thousands of them and have many happy customers.

[Cuppycake]

I had the MJ for few months,
it is great when you have relatives in another country,  you can sent it to your relative , they can call you, or any one in USA for free.

I pd $ 29.99 for the MJ, and $ 99.99 dollar for 5 yrs of serv.

I plan send more MJ to more relative in another country..
BUT remember , they had to connect to the internet.

I really hope there are not THAT many people with relative (other then military) not living in this country... I do NOT like the idea of a bunch of foreigners taking jobs in this country to send money "home" ...

[dr1097]

I've been wondering about this myself.  Thanks for asking this question.

[Sohcahtoa]

I really hope there are not THAT many people with relative (other then military) not living in this country... I do NOT like the idea of a bunch of foreigners taking jobs in this country to send money "home" ...

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What about the other way around?

Like, what if I got a job as an English teacher in another country and frequently sent money home to my relatives in the US?